Remember the late great Tea Party? The grass roots movement that made the political establishment quake? For one glorious moment it seemed as if a truly independent, average Joe/Joan movement might be gathering steam. A memory from that halcyon time: assorted TV pundits telling Republican leaders that Tea Party people “don’t like you guys either.” [...]
It has been months now since the new healthcare reform bill was passed into law. As is so typical, this massive piece of legislation was passed with a sense of urgency so acute that leadership declared America could not afford to wait until legislators, their staff and the general public had time to thoroughly read the bill. The truth comes out eventually, however.
Check out the threats made by Obama Administration officials, as they tell insurance company owners that they had better not increase their rates -- despite the fact that politicians are forcing up insurance company COSTS!
The administration's terrible healthcare reform bill is now law, but the debate over how -- and whether -- the federal government should be involved in providing healthcare services is not over.
Most everyone agrees that health care in the United States has major problems, the biggest problems relating to skyrocketing costs. No one doubts the system is in need of reform. However, too many in Washington see tighter government controls as the solution. In fact, the problems are rooted in past government controls that created more problems than they solved.
The major problems with American health care are rooted in government policies that encourage excessive reliance on third-party payers. The Private Option Health Care Act allows Congress to correct the mistake it made last month by replacing the new health care law with health care measures that give control to health care to individuals, instead of the federal government and politically-influential corporations.
We hope you enjoy our featured Conspirator, our friend Tarrin Lupo. Tarrin’s background in medicine combines here with his love of liberty, as he talks about the history of alternative medicine, and how vested interests in the so-called “traditional” medical community pushed many “alternative” practitioners out of business through use of the state and coercive [...]
Instead of calling this socialized medicine, we should call it corporatized medicine, since the reform is to force us all into being customers of these corporations, whether we like it or not.
Remember the Talking Heads when they were great? Recall the line, "same as it ever was..." Well, that's that the Obama Administration is when it comes to civil liberties. Funny how we're not hearing about it from the pop media, isn't it.
Forcing every American to obtain a congressionally-approved health insurance plan is not just unconstitutional; it is a violation of the basic freedom to make our own decisions regarding how best to meet the health care needs of ourselves and our families.
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